Incurable kidney and heart disease prompted the German professor to experiment, which resulted in new discoveries in the field of nutrition. Almost a hundred years ago, Arnold Ehret turned to the best medical luminaries of the time for help. However, none of the 24 (!) doctors could help him: attempts to cure him were unsuccessful, and the patient’s situation was hopeless.
Desperate to find help in official medicine, Eret began his search in unconventional directions. He experienced fasting, vegetarianism, eating fruit and water. After the “incurable” diseases disappeared without a trace, the professor decided to share his experience with the sufferers. According to a German scientist, the main enemy of human health is mucus, which is formed by many products. The brainchild of his observations and personal experiments was the book “The Healing System of a Mucusless Diet.”
Diet features
Content:
- Diet features
- Contraindications to the technique
- Nutrition according to Eret
- Switching to a mucusless diet
- Quitting the diet
- Conclusions about the mucusless method
The scientist presented a new look at the basic principles of official medicine. He came to the conclusion that a person does not need additional protein at all, especially animal protein. The main component of nutrition, according to Ehret, should be glucose. The only source of brain nutrition should come from fruits, which will be the main ingredient in the menu.
An equally important point is the complete cleansing of the body so that glucose enters in sufficient quantities, is properly broken down and transported through the blood vessels. The obstacle in her path is precisely the mucus, which needs to be gotten rid of. Mucous plaque on internal organs and blood vessels appears due to poor nutrition.
The scientist considers any meat to be the main cause of many diseases. Even a fresh product is at a certain stage of decomposition. In the human body, this component causes decay and the formation of the same mucus. Meat and its derivatives should be excluded in any form.
Eggs are also excluded from the mucus diet menu. They also have sticky properties and are prone to the accumulation of harmful substances. White flour, according to the scientist, clogs the entire digestive system in the human body. For baked goods, only dried bran and rye bread are allowed.
The main essence of the diet comes down to the fact that a person must eat to live, and not vice versa. The amount of food at the main stage of the mucusless program is minimal. Eret himself, in an attempt to recover, completely refused food for 46 days, “eating” only fresh air and water. Fasting days on the water, according to the doctor, are mandatory. The scientist argued that a person needs a very small amount of food to really feel full.
Mixing different food components is not allowed. In his work, the scientist draws a parallel with wild animals. They never mix several types of food at the same time, nor do they mix quenching hunger and thirst. You should not drink liquid while eating, since hunger and thirst are different concepts and there should be a gap between them. Official medicine agrees with this point, since water dilutes gastric juice and stretches the walls of the stomach. When eating according to this system or another, try not to wash down your food with drinks.
So, the main tenets of the diet say: you need to eat little, only plant foods, do not wash your food down and spend fasting days on the water once a week. Such methods, according to Ehret, will completely cleanse the body of harmful components, free radicals, excess salt and remove mucus. A cleansed body, as a unique phenomenon, is itself able to get rid of inflammation and dangerous diseases.
Contraindications to the technique
The mucusless diet is a method of cleansing the body, which is based on fasting and severe menu restriction. Therefore, it must be approached with caution. It is best to consult with a specialist about the possibility of conducting such a program.
You should not resort to the Ehret diet:
- for diseases of the endocrine system;
- if you have diseases of the digestive tract;
- pregnant and nursing mothers;
- for diabetes mellitus;
- having functional failure of any internal organ.
If, during the period of following the diet, severe digestive disturbances, frequent dizziness and nausea are observed, the diet should be gradually stopped. To do this, you need to immediately move on to the stage of quitting the diet.
Main rules: do's and don'ts
The healing system of the mucusless diet is based on the fact that some foods are beneficial to the human body, and some are harmful. During the main period you cannot:
- dairy products in any form,
- any meat,
- eggs,
- seafood,
- canned food,
- oil in any form,
- baked goods and sweets,
- sauces,
- legumes,
- alcohol,
- rice.
The best and worst foods for the diet
Everything else is allowed for consumption, but there are restrictions on flour products. White flour has a clogging effect on the digestive system, so you should not eat bread made from it. It is better to give preference to rye bread or made from bran.
Nutrition according to Eret
The entire diet of a healthy person, according to the professor’s theory, should consist of plant foods. The menu should include fruits, vegetables (mostly green), herbs, lettuce, and nuts. The main part of the diet should be made up of raw and fresh foods; periodically it is allowed to subject them to heat treatment. You cannot fry food; only boiling, stewing, steaming or cooking in the oven is allowed.
You can make smoothies or purees from fruits and berries. It is advisable not to mix several types, but to use only one product for one meal. It is definitely recommended to add nuts to your diet, as they are practically the only source of healthy fats. Cereals, despite the fact that they are also vegetable, are not allowed. Sometimes you can only cook legumes.
All other products, according to the doctor, cause the formation of mucus and rotting processes. You also cannot use food additives (salt, sugar), since they are unnecessary ingredients for the body.
The power diagram looks like this:
- breakfast - water, juices or decoctions;
- afternoon snack – vegetable salad, freshly squeezed juice;
- lunch - raw or cooked vegetables, vegetable broths, crackers;
- snack – berries, fruits, nuts;
- dinner - vegetable salad, crackers, raw or cooked vegetables.
A hearty breakfast is excluded in the mucusless diet. Natural cleansing of the body occurs at night, when a person does not eat. The doctor claimed that a person wakes up hard and feels unwell in the morning because the body is still trying to get rid of poisons. With the first intake of food, your health improves, as the body directs all its energy to digestion, and not to cleansing.
In the morning, the body is not ready for heavy food in large quantities. In addition, when the day begins with eating porridge and sandwiches, the body does not have time to remove mucus and harmful components before a new portion arrives. Breakfast, in the usual sense, is absent in the mucusless diet. In the morning you can drink a herbal decoction or freshly squeezed juice.
For lunch, prepare a vegetable salad of cabbage and grated carrots. The scientist called it “broom” and used it daily. Nowadays, this dish is known as “brush” and is used in Malysheva’s popular diet.
For lunch, you can boil or stew vegetables; baked fruits and the same cabbage salad are welcome. From time to time you can boil vegetable broth for lunch and dinner. Crackers and toast made from dried bread (bran or rye) can be eaten for lunch, lunch and dinner. For snacks you are allowed to take nuts, fresh berries and fruits.
The scientist himself wrote in his book that it is dangerous for an ordinary person to suddenly switch to a mucusless diet. Before the main stage, you need to undergo thorough preparation so that the body can handle the changes normally.
Recipes
Since during the main period it is allowed to eat only plant foods without heat treatment, there are no special recipes. Anyone can cut a salad from seasonal vegetables. It is best to season this salad with lemon juice, since any oils are prohibited. There’s nothing complicated about making a smoothie or fruit salad either.
Baked vegetables present some difficulties during the preparatory stage. There are quite a few such dishes in our culture, and people can remember little other than baked potatoes right off the bat. But this is a very high-calorie product, and if you want it, you won’t get the desired result with potatoes. In this case, zucchini, eggplant, bell pepper, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, and tomatoes are perfect for baking. These vegetables and root vegetables can be baked whole or sliced.
You can choose recipes with baked vegetables for every day
In foil or simply in non-stick dishes - there are many options.
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Switching to a mucusless diet
It will take quite a long time to enter the diet. The phased withdrawal of harmful products should take approximately three months. Modern man is addicted to food, so eliminating everything he likes will require preparation.
First of all, you need to spend 2 weeks without food with harmful additives. This includes semi-finished products, street food, non-natural seasonings, and sausages.
At the next stage, it is advisable to completely abandon meat products, i.e. switch to vegetarianism. The list of prohibited foods includes all derivatives of animal meat: fats, fillets, gelatin, offal. During this period, you can eat dairy products and eggs. Gradually you need to add more plant foods. Fried foods are also excluded. For the second phase, casseroles, stews, fresh foods, cottage cheese, etc. are suitable.
After 2-3 weeks of the vegetarian menu, you need to minimize salt and sugar, eliminate eggs and dishes with them. What remains are dairy products, vegetables, fruits, and nuts. At this stage, you can cook meatless roasts, vegetable soups, porridges, and eat unsweetened pastries.
After another 2 weeks without meat and eggs, you need to exclude white flour products and milk. At this stage, cereals remain on the menu, which can be cooked up to 3 times a week. All other nutrition should be based on plant foods. You can prepare vegetarian soups, stew vegetables, bake fruits, and make smoothies or salads from berries. During the same period, you need to gradually reduce your portions to the size of your palm. You need to stick to this diet for 2 weeks or more.
At the last stage, only greens, vegetables, and fruits should remain in the diet. You can use rye crackers or bran bread. Gradually, you should introduce more dishes from raw ingredients; you should choose non-starchy vegetables. At the end of the first week of mucusless feeding, you need to carry out the first unloading on water; if desired, this can be done at the previous stages. The main period of the diet should last 2-3 months.
According to the author, already in the first stages the cleansed body will begin to fight various diseases. Reviews from Turn's followers claim that many did not need to follow the main stage, since significant relief occurs in the first phases.
Quitting the diet
The results of the diet impressed many adherents of the mucusless diet. A considerable part of them consider this diet as the only correct one and follow it all their lives. The scientist himself set an example and ate according to the presented menu for the rest of his life. Quitting this diet, according to the professor, is not necessary.
Modern nutritionists completely disagree with this statement and call for a balanced diet. Thorn gave the example of a cow: we don’t give it milk to increase its milk yield, we don’t feed it meat to make it grow. It’s the same with humans, the doctor argued that we absolutely do not need additional proteins, fats and carbohydrates in order to develop normally.
Modern medicine completely refutes this statement: without a normal amount of nutrients, the body is depleted. A mucusless diet is recommended as an additional measure if there are no contraindications.
To properly exit the diet, you need to go the same way as to switch to a mucusless diet. First you need to return dairy products, then cereals, then eggs and meat. Each product should be added gradually, at intervals of 1-2 weeks.
What could be the consequences?
Depriving the body of certain nutrients can cause problems in its functioning. Here are just some of the consequences that may occur.
- If you suddenly start eating with restrictions, the stress that a person experiences can lead to constant fatigue, drowsiness, loss of strength, and dizziness.
- If you don't have enough fats and proteins, the condition of your skin, nails, hair and teeth will begin to deteriorate.
- With a lack of nutrients in men, sexual function is primarily affected.
When exiting the mucusless diet, some people choose vegetarianism
